NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PHI 227 Biomedical Ethics

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  • Who is entitled to make the most important health care decisions? The doctor or the patient?
  • Is it ever ethical to breach patient confidentiality?
  • What is the purpose of telling patients the truth?
  • How should scarce medical resources be distributed?
  • Should commercial surrogacy contracts be prohibited by the state?
  • Does human cloning encourage the commodification of life?
This course provides a guide on how to approach these and other bioethical questions and develop an action plan.

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Last updated: April, 2001